The Complete Business Plan Course (Includes 50 Templates)

About Course

Learn how to write a winning business plan from scratch with this free online course. Taught by an award-winning MBA professor and best-selling author, this comprehensive course provides a 13-step program for creating a detailed business plan.

This course includes:

50 business plan templates
25 presentation templates
A comprehensive Excel spreadsheet to help you create your business plan
Practical knowledge and experience to help you succeed

This free course is available on Udemy and covers topics such as:

Business plan inputs and analysis
Creating a cover page and executive summary
Management team, product/service, customer and market analysis
Competition, go-to-market, and sales/marketing strategy
Milestones, risks, financials, and appendix

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced entrepreneur, this course will equip you with the skills and resources you need to develop a compelling business plan. Take your business to the next level with this free, in-depth course.

Create an incredible business plan from scratch.
Understand how to take any type of business to the next level (meaning a start-up or an established business).
Create a perfect Executive Summary write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Financials write-up part of the Business Plan, including an easy way to create and understand and forecast all financial statements and a ratio analysis too.
Create a perfect Product and or Service description write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Management Team write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Customer and Market write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Cover Page part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Competition write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Go-to Market Strategy write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Sales and Marketing write-up part of the Business Plan.
Create a perfect Milestone write-up part of the Business Plan.
(Bonus Content): Create a perfect Start-up Presentation, using 25 supplied presentation templates.

Course Content

How to Take this Course & How to Use the 50 Included Business Plan Templates

A Message from the Professor
How to Take this CourseUsing Your Excel Business Plan Dashboard

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STEP 1 of 13 General Business Plan Inputs Questions and Analysis

STEP 2 of 13 Your Cover Page Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 3 of 13 Your Executive Summary Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs

STEP 4 of 13 Your Management Team Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 5 of 13 Your Product andor Service Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 6 of 13 Your Customer & Market Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 7 of 13 Your Competition Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 8 of 13 Your Go-to Market Strategy Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 9 of 13 Your Sales+Marketing Strategy Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs

STEP 10 of 13 Your Milestones Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 11 of 13 Your Other Misc. Risks Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

STEP 12 of 13 Your Financials Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Financials (What Why & How of STEP 12)

11:54
Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Revenue Part 1

22:00
Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Revenue Part 2

11:56
Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Expenses Part 1

23:03
Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Expenses Part 2

12:17
Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Op. & Net Income

16:20
Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Balance Sheet & CF Statement

13:52
Your Financial Statements & Ratio Outputs

13:25

STEP 13 of 13 Your Appendix Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Creating Your Final Business Plan Output

(Optional) Creating Your Final Presentation Slides Output

(Optional) Learn How to Make the Excel File from this Course from Scratch

Course Conclusion, Congratulations and Thank You!

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Course Content

How to Take this Course & How to Use the 50 Included Business Plan Templates

A Message from the Professor

How to Take this CourseUsing Your Excel Business Plan Dashboard

STEP 1 of 13 General Business Plan Inputs Questions and Analysis

Introduction to General Business Plan Inputs (What Why & How of STEP 1)

Creating Your General Business Plan Inputs+Analysis (Questions 1-1 to 1-65)

Creating Your General Business Plan Inputs+Analysis (Questions 1-66 to 1-85)

STEP 2 of 13 Your Cover Page Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Creating Your Cover Page (What Why & How of STEP 2)

Creating Your Cover Page Inputs+Analysis (Questions 2-1 to 2-4) and Outputs

STEP 3 of 13 Your Executive Summary Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs

Introduction to Your Executive Summary (What Why & How of STEP 3)

Creating Your Executive Summary Inputs+Analysis (Questions 3-1 to 3-27)

Your Executive Summary Outputs

STEP 4 of 13 Your Management Team Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Management Team (What Why & How of STEP 4)

Creating Your Management Team Inputs+Analysis (Questions 4-1 to 4-50)

Creating Your Management Team Inputs+Analysis (Questions 4-51 to 4-127)

Your Management Team Outputs

STEP 5 of 13 Your Product andor Service Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Product andor Service (What Why & How of STEP 5)

Creating Your Product and or Service Inputs+Analysis (Questions 5-1 to 5-14)

Your Product and or Service Outputs

STEP 6 of 13 Your Customer & Market Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Customer & Market (What Why & How of STEP 6)

Creating Your Customer and Market Inputs+Analysis (Questions 6-1 to 6-22)

Your Customer and Market Outputs

STEP 7 of 13 Your Competition Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Competition (What Why & How of STEP 7)

Creating Your Competition Inputs+Analysis (Questions 7-1 to 7-21)

Your Competition Outputs

STEP 8 of 13 Your Go-to Market Strategy Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Go-to Market Strategy (What Why & How of STEP 8)

Creating Your Go-to Market Strategy Inputs+Analysis (Questions 8-1 to 8-6)

Your Go-to Market Strategy Outputs

STEP 9 of 13 Your Sales+Marketing Strategy Input Questions, Analysis & Outputs

Introduction to Your Sales+Marketing Strategy (What Why & How of STEP 9)

Creating Your Sales and Marketing Inputs+Analysis (Questions 9-1 to 9-8)

Your Sales and Marketing Outputs

STEP 10 of 13 Your Milestones Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Milestones (What Why & How of STEP 10)

Creating Your Milestones Inputs+Analysis (Questions 10-1 to 10-18)

Your Milestone Outputs

STEP 11 of 13 Your Other Misc. Risks Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Other Misc. Risks (What Why & How of STEP 11)

Creating Your OtherMisc.Risks Inputs+Analysis (Questions 11-1 to 11-6)

Your OtherMisc.Risks Outputs

STEP 12 of 13 Your Financials Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Financials (What Why & How of STEP 12)

Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Revenue Part 1

Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Revenue Part 2

Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Expenses Part 1

Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Expenses Part 2

Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Forecasting Op. & Net Income

Creating Your Financial Statement Inputs+Analysis Balance Sheet & CF Statement

Your Financial Statements & Ratio Outputs

STEP 13 of 13 Your Appendix Input Questions, Analysis and Outputs

Introduction to Your Appendix (What Why & How of STEP 13)

Creating Your Appendix Inputs+Analysis (Questions 13-1 to 13-15) and Outputs

Creating Your Final Business Plan Output

Introduction to Creating Your Final Business Plan Output (What Why & How)

Assembling Your Final Business Plan Part 1 Cover Page and Executive Summary

Assembling Your Final Business Plan Part 2 Management Team

Assembling Your Final Business Plan Part 3 Product Service through STEP 11

Assembling Your Final Business Plan Part 4 Adding Your Financial Statements

Assembling Your Final Business Plan Part 5 Adding Your Financial Statements

Assembling Your Final Business Plan Part 6 Adding Your Appendix Items

(Optional) Creating Your Final Presentation Slides Output

Introduction Creating Your Final Presentation Slides Output (What Why & How)

Assembling Your Final Presentation Slides

(Optional) Learn How to Make the Excel File from this Course from Scratch

Introduction to How to Make the Excel File from this Course From Scratch

How to Make the Excel File Making the Toolbars (Rows 1 through 12) Part 1 of 2

How to Make the Excel File Making the Toolbars (Rows 1 through 12) Part 2 of 2

How to Make the Excel File Making the Formulas

How to Make the Excel File Making the Checkboxes

Course Conclusion, Congratulations and Thank You!